There has been so much going on in our families - cancer, heart problems, family drama, that I wondered right up to the last minute if it was going to actually happen.
To be honest, I wasn't sure if I was even up to it. But my one sister furnished the plane ticket, and the other took care of the hotel room, so how was I supposed to say no to that?
My brother in law (the cancer victim) got the all clear from his doctor, so it seemed the trip was on...
My older sister flew down from Utah, and had a layover in Vegas, so I joined her at the airport there, and we went on to Reno together to meet my other sister. It was Easter Sunday, so we joined the family Easter egg hunt & dinner party :-)
Debbie's family is a fun bunch - and dinner was amazing! They smoked a turkey and a ham, and had a mashed potato dish with a pecan crust - who knew mashed potatoes could taste like candy? Bacon wrapped green beans... and I don't even remember the rest. Anyway, it was a feast.
We hit the road early the next morning...
Monday:
After living in a place that only grows rocks and dirt, seeing a place where vegetation just springs up spontaneously everywhere was an amazing sight - everything was so GREEN!
We arrived in Monterey about 4:30, and checked in to our hotel. I couldn't believe all the flowers everywhere!
Ruth's and my room was down on the lower level in the back...
It felt kind of secluded there, and would have been pretty peaceful if the bungalow above us had not had a room full of children who jumped off the beds and ran around all night...
This was the view from our room:
And this giant calla lilly was right outside our door - I have never seen one this size before, it was gorgeous!
We were there early enough that we went for a drive around Pacific Grove to the Point Pinos Lighthouse. Such a cute place! It was small, and the tour only took a few minutes...
I decided that I need to take up a collection and buy it for myself - it's the perfect size for me...
And this is where I would spend most of my days - in this little lookout room with the big window sill. The perfect place to sit and read and watch the ocean...
It was windy and pretty chilly there...
We waved good-bye to the lighthouse, and drove down to the beach...
The beach squirrels were pretty brazen...
But in her wandering she found something interesting - a marker at the site where John Denver crashed his plane years ago...
Can never get enough of the ocean.
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